Quoted: TED Talks <p><a href="/speakers/view/id/123" target="_blank">Bill Stone</a>, the maverick cave explorer who invented robots and dive equipment that have allowed him to plumb Earth&#39;s deepest abysses, explains his efforts to build a robot to explore Jupiter&#39;s moon Europa. The plan is to send the machine to bore through miles of ice and swim through a liquid underworld that may harbor alien life. And if that&#39;s not enough, he&#39;s also planning to mine lunar ice by 2015.</p><p><a href="http://ted.streamguys.net/ted_stone_b_2007_480.mp4" target="_blank">Download this talk in high resolution (480p) &gt;&gt;</a> </p>